[HOT] Mali Pre-Activation : Update

[Pierre Béland]

Following the last week rebel attack of Konnaand the international military intervention, the situation is changing rapidly in north of Mali. The rebels were pushed out of the cities, but in this immense and desertic area that borders with many countries, they are highly mobile and may attack in various directions. 

I propose that while we follow the humanitarian situation more closely, we start to map more systematically the infrastructures of north of Mali. Vast areas are covered with Bing high-res imagery. 

To start, I have prepared a job for the area north of Ségou where this morning the rebels seized Diabaly.
see http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/142 Nord-Mali Activation: Ségou nord Infrastructure

The populated places should also be better identified. To name more systematically these places, it is possible to import the Geonames country database for Mali. But this import must be done manually by an experienced mapper and validated against Bing imagery. Any volunteer for this task ?

 
Pierre 
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